85.3% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 89.6%
- 2016: 84.8%
- 2021: 85.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Erub Island · Suburb / Locality
Language in Erub Island
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over 85% of people on Erub Island speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents use a language other than English, while only 7.1% speak English only.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 85.3% of residents use another language at home, which is far above the Queensland figure of 13.2%. Consistent with this high diversity, 17.2% of people speak little or no English, a rate far above the 3.4% national average.
17.2% ▲ +333.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Erub Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30983/erub-island/topic/language